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Receiving a Mental Health Diagnosis

  Having your life — how you act, live, think — “defined” by a few spoken words, can be daunting to say the least. Let’s talk about the impact of a mental health diagnosis…and also...

Starting Therapy for the First Time? Here's What You Need to Know

  Look at you! You made the leap, made the appointment, reached out for help…but now what? You have your appointment scheduled, but when you walk through the doors of your therapist’s office…what will happen?...

Stages of Grief

I was always taught about the 5 stages of grief as if they were finite. As if you would move in a linear plane from denial to anger to bargaining to depression to acceptance and...

How to Support Someone Who is Struggling with their Mental Health

  If you found your way to this blog post…I just want to say thank you. Thank you for wanting to help those in your life that are struggling. It can feel like a helpless...

Mending In The Midst Of Your Mental Health Journey

  As someone who has struggled with their mental health their whole life, I’ve always been in the process of healing. Reshaping my thought patterns, speaking kind words over myself, learning coping mechanisms, etc. etc....

5 Tips to Help You Get Through a Depressive Episode

  Depressive episodes can hit out of nowhere. Doing the most basic, simple tasks can feel unfathomable to even attempt. Here are my favorite tips I've learned over the years that have helped me get...

Mending Lips, Mending Minds

Mend wants to be your partner on your mental health journey. We provide mental health resources you can keep in your pocket by labeling each of our eight all-natural lip balm flavors with a different resource to help during tough moments.

To further our mission, we also donate 10% of our profits to improving access to mental health care around the world. We hope you use our lip balm to take a moment for yourself; you’re worth it!

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We're Here to Help

Whether you are interested in starting therapy, looking for ways to encourage a loved one, or needing extra tools, we’ve compiled a page of resources and information to aid you on your mental health journey. Remember, asking for help is a sign of strength.
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